smoothest closing framelock?

ROBB said:
Sometimes it may not be a good thing for a lock bar to disengage too eaisly. It can cause accidental closing. If a lock bar "sticks" too much for someone using it all you have to do is rub a pencil (graphite) on the back of the tang. I've done this with my Strider SNG and PT - worked great. I've also had some frame locks that had very strong intregal locks and were a little hard to close. For the ones that I like to open & close all the time, I pushed the lock bar very slightly away from the handle and then they were fine. If someone decides to do this I caution to be very careful. If you over bend the lock bar it could ruin the frame lock and cause blade play.
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I understand where you're coming from, but knowing "audiopile", he tends to try out a knife & if it works to his satisfaction, he'll get 1 or 2 more & they become his EDC/EDU & he USES them. By that I mean that he's actually broken tips & stuff & is continuously looking for hard use knives, but that are easy to use.

I've had my share of customs, Sebs, Umnum, Striders (PTs & SnGs), along with reg. production models (Currently really like my G-10 scaled BM 760 M4) & I'd have to say that the smoothest to unlock is the Umnumzaan. As at least 1 previous poster mentioned, the ceramic detent is just in a class by itself.

Now, as far as my smoothest opening knife, it'd have to be my Todd Begg Glimpse with IKBS. It is easily the best flipper I've ever tried, handled, owned, used, etc. I imagine most knives with a IKBS pivot or something similar would be about the same, but it is amazing.

IIRC though, audio might not like or be able to use an Umnum for work because of various municipal's restrictions on blade length on a folding knife, which is too bad.
 
well the only frame lock i have is a buck bones so id say it closes fairly smooth. i cant wait till i can afford a Sage or Leafstorm. *dreams of the day*
 
I have only 2 framelock knives.

A sebenza and a mini skirmish.
The sebenza has a very strong lock.
The skirmish on the other hand is very smooth.
Almost to smooth.
It needs a very light push to open the frame lock to close the knife.

I compare it to the sebenza and the crk lock needs a bigger/stronger push to close the knife.
I think the sebenza lock is safer and i think this is what they call:"it closes(and shuts) like a bank vault".

I don't like a lock to be sticky and this can happen with frame locks and also with liner locks.
I use a pencil to ad some graphite to the tang.Oil will not work(not with me).
 
Unlocking "smoothness" and "pushness" are different and depend on spring "stiffness" and interface design and quality. Frame locks are usually more resistant to unlocking force than liner locks due to thicker lock bar with more interface area.

My Sebenza and Leafstorm are the best unlocking frame locks I own. Gave up on Striders with the required pencil treatment. Striders also do not tolerate any lube on interface area which can cause interface movement and slight blade rocking.
 
Yeah, if the Umnumzaan is the best, Striders are definitely the worst-designed framelocks. The pencil thing sounds like a joke but it is true, unfortunately.
 
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